Podcast appearances and mentions of sara smith

On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum talks with St. Louis Alderman Rasheen Aldridge about his expectations for Mayor Cara Spencer. Rosenbaum also talked with Missouri Children's Division director Sara Smith about her vision for the challenging agency, and the release of documents showing that child abuse investigators visited a Fredericktown mother multiple times before her child died last year.

Authors and librarians Ashley Hawkins, Emily Ratica, Sara Smith, Julie Stivers and Mouna Toure share their expertise and strategies for building a Manga collection and program to support their entire school community.  I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.   Capstone *use UNITED for $20 off $100 or more on print and ebooks Learnics and mention the podcast for 20% of a subscription Editable PD Certificate FAQ's and ISO (In search of…) Online Doctoral Programs APA format for citing a podcast/podcast app SLU Playlists Search by title, guest and location! SLJ Summit Ashley Hawkins (E141 Manga Librarian) LinkTree, Manga Librarian, Article on Banning of Sasaki & Miyano, 「好き」を育てるマンガ術－少女マンガ編集者が答える「伝わる」作品の描き方 (Translation: Manga techniques to foster "affection" - How to draw works that "communicate" with answers from a shoujo manga editor) by Shigeki Suzuki & Morishita suu (This is only available in Japanese at this time, but if you can read it, I highly recommend it!). Emily Ratica: I have no social media to share. Check out Sara & Ashley's blogs though!  Sara Smith Linktree  (E280 I Survived: Year 1 District Library Coordinator, E200 Got Graphic Novels? Now What? E100 Your Graphic Library) Julie Stivers Linktree   BlueSky   Manga in the Middle (manga reviewed with a middle school lens) (E168 Inclusive Libraries E128 Anime Club)  Sybil Mouna Toure BlueSky  Presentation ALA Editions: Book Blacklight Sugar Press

È il compleanno numero 125 del Milan e l'epidosio racconta del fondatore del Club rossonero, Herbert Kilpin, nono figlio di Edward Kilpin e Sara Smith. Nato a Nottingham, precisamente a Mansfield Road, che è spesso meta di pellegrinaggio per molti tifosi del Diavolo. Herbert è stato un fondatore tutto fare, si esprimeva in ogni ruolo, sia dirigenziale che sportivo; è stato infatti difensore, centrocampista, attaccante, allenatore, capitano e dirigente. I suoi resti, per anni rimasti nascosti all'insaputa di tutti al Cimitero Maggiore di Milano nel campo riservato ai defunti protestanti, sono stati rinvenuti dopo minuziose ricerche da un collezionista e memoria storica del Milan, Luigi La Rocca, e grazie a lui deposti, per interessamento della stessa società, in una tomba più consona alla sua fama, in un colombare del Cimitero Monumentale. Ora, invece, sono stati spostati nel Famedio dei Milanesi illustri al Cimitero Monumentale di Milano.

In this month's roundup Jade and Mia discuss their recent favourite reads: Tabby by Stephen Kok, PR DedelisEight Billion Genies by Charles Soule, Ryan BrownEscape From St Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis HancoxSpy x Family by Tatsuya EndoRoaming by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko TamakiThen they discuss: The Harvey Awards with the double win of the Tamaki super team; Akira Toriyama being inducted into the hall of fame; New manga titles to buy recommended by Sara Smith of the Graphic Library blog; Figment, a new Austrlalian imprint dedicated to publishing graphic novels; A recent article on The Conversation about iyashikei mangaFinally, they discuss their favourite picks of the new titles out this month:The Weirn Books Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon by Svetlana ChmakovaCrystal Cadets by Anne Toole, K. O'Neill, Paulina GanucheauNo Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan EstradaPirate Princess by Luca Frigerio, Lorenza Pigliamosche, Simon BowlandThis Land is Our Land by Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, Francesco SegalaFor the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Smith shares the adjustment and overcoming the challenges of transitioning to a new role in her district. I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.   Capstone *use UNITED for $20 off $100 or more on print and ebooks Editable PD Certificate FAQ's and ISO (In search of…) Online Doctoral Programs APA format for citing a podcast/podcast app SLU Playlists Search by title, guest and location! Have YOUR Say!!! Share your ideas on the next episode! THAT Librarian apparel and flair! Pre-order signed copy of Amanda Jones' book “That Librarian” DEMCO: School Librarian Planner Sara Smith Twitter/IG: sm_wordsmith Bluesky: smwordsmith E200 Got Graphic Novels? Now What? (Nov 2022) E100 Graphic Library (Nov 2020) The Graphic Library Graphic Library - How to Shelve Graphic Novels Graphic Library - Readers Advisory article for Booklist Graphic Library - Good Manga for Elementary Libraries Graphic Library - Good Manga for Middle School Libraries Booklist Manga Essentials Series: Demon Slayer, Where to Start with One Piece, Delicious in Dungeon, Dragon Ball Buyer's Guide  

Dyslexia and ADHD run in my family. In this episode, I speak with my sister, Sara Smith, about her personal experiences and insights on dyslexia, the challenges and opportunities present in everyday life, and the effort required to maintain her coping skills. Sara not only has dyslexia but is also the mother of a dyslexic son and the daughter of a dyslexic father. She speaks about the challenges she faces as a person with dyslexia and in caring for her son, Cooper. Learning not to compare herself to others when it comes to learning a new skill, for example, and giving herself grace, has been hugely important. For her, physical handwriting and reading physical books have always been a challenge, immensely helped out by computers and audio. We discuss Cooper's journey in school to receive a dyslexic diagnosis. One of the biggest misconceptions about dyslexia is that it's a joke or not serious. For Sara, dyslexia has given her the superpowers of organization and determination and a lack of perfectionism when it comes to learning something new, problem-solving skills, and the ability to be very social. Sara shares her advice for other parents with dyslexic children and for being a child of a dyslexic parent. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing these unique challenges, developing coping skills to manage emotions, and advocating for individual needs in the educational system. Have a question or want a certain topic covered? Send us an email or a DM on Instagram. I want to support parents with dyslexic children and get this content in the hands of those who need it most. Click the share button and send away! Thank you. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or on your favorite podcast platform. Topics Covered: Being a dyslexic mom, daughter, and individual Parenting a dyslexic son Misconceptions around dyslexia Dyslexia superpowers Advice for parents of dyslexics The emotional side of a diagnosis Resources Mentioned: {Guest Spotlight} 80 Years of Living with Dyslexia: the ups and down with Arne Sjursen Connect: Visit my website Sign up for my newsletter Follow me on Instagram Join me on Facebook

Claire Vennis introduces our Election Questions hustings event from a packed St Peter's Church in Petersfield. At the event, candidates standing in the East Hampshire constituency in the general election answered questions from local people including Shine Radio listeners. The chair is the vicar of St Peter's, the Reverend Canon Will Hughes. Our panel comprises: Damian Hinds – Conservative Matthew Kellerman – Reform UK Richard Knight – The Green Party Jim Makin – Hampshire Independents Dominic Martin – Liberal Democrat Lucy Sims – Labour We also invited Sara Smith of the Social Democratic Party to participate. You can see pictures and our fact-check of candidates' answers at https://shineradio.ukSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Language therapy often focuses on early intervention; but what happens if students continue to struggle with language in the high school years? Many SLPs are pressured to drop students from their caseloads or move to a consult-only model when students transition to secondary school.Yet that often means many students enter adulthood lacking skills that have a significant impact on their ability to access advanced education or job opportunities.  If students don't have a solid grasp on complex syntax, they'll continue to struggle:…Getting the “gist” of things and explaining/recalling past events.…Writing extended responses or forming cohesive narratives for academic reports, job applications, and work-related communication.…Understanding temporal or causal vocabulary that supports time-perception and future thinking.…Engaging in inner dialogue for strategic planning and self-regulation.Building sentence structure is NOT just a skill for students in late elementary school doing Language Arts assignments. It's a LIFE skill, and students who don't have a solid foundation will continue to struggle in adulthood. That's why I invited Tiffany Shahoumian-Ruiz to the De Facto Leaders podcast to share success stories from her experiences with language therapy at the high school level. Tiffany is a bilingual high school SLP from Southern California who has primarily worked in the school systems. She's also a member of Language Therapy Advance Foundations, and many of the strategies we discuss in this conversation are things I cover in that program. In this conversation, we discuss:✅What if everyone else is working on high-level comprehension, but our students still need work at the word and sentence level?✅Does therapy have to mimic classroom activities to be aligned with the curriculum? ✅Can we make a dent in language for high school students, or is it “too little, too late'?✅Will students be bored and disengaged if they're still going to speech in high school? ✅How complex syntax can impact daily functioning and future career opportunities. You can connect with Tiffany by searching her name on Facebook.We also discussed the Expanding Expression Tool by Sara Smith, and you can learn more about that resource here: https://www.expandingexpression.com/In this episode, I mentioned Language Therapy Advance Foundations, my program that helps SLPs create a system for language therapy that supports syntax and vocabulary students need to thrive in school and beyond. Learn more about how to become a member here: https://drkarenspeech.com/languagetherapy/

Sara Smith, the founder of Wrappily, creates smarter, more environmentally friendly gift wrap products. Sara shares that despite consumers' best intentions, most traditional wrapping paper cannot be recycled and ends up in landfills, generating an estimated 2.3 million pounds of waste yearly. Sara discusses how Wrappily's newsprint-based, recyclable wrapping paper is a more sustainable choice for beautifully wrapped gifts for any occasion. Learn more here, in the show notes.   

In this episode, we're joined by the remarkable Dr. Sara Smith—Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Yoga Practitioner, and Intuitive Transformational Coach. With over 20 years of expertise, Dr. Sara explores the profound connection between pelvic health, confidence, and inner wisdom.Join us as we delve into topics like pelvic floor therapy's impact on high-achieving women's lives and business success, the intersection of pelvic health and intuition, and the transformative power of connecting with your body.Dr. Sara's practical, nurturing approach, infused with humor, invites you to turn personal challenges into opportunities for growth and change. Tune in for a journey of self-discovery, empowerment, and unlocking the secrets to a more confident and fulfilled life with Dr. Sara Smith on Becoming More Me Podcast.Dr. Sara Smith's Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsarasmithofficial/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drsarasmithofficial/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-smith-888132100/Website: https://www.drsarasmith.com/Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/drsarasmithWith Gratitude,xo,T________________________________________________________________________________________Theresa Lear Levine empowers and provides therapeutic support to ambitious, entrepreneurial women who feel a calling to more effectively cope with and release stress, trauma, distraction and limiting beliefs so they can create a calm, clear environment for their purpose, passion, dreams and next level goals to flourish and be manifested fully.Theresa's business, Becoming More Me, helps women become more of who they want to be as they positively transform, show up for themselves and others in greater ways, reclaim and stand tall in their power, and learn to love, accept and forgive themselves in all areas of life!✨

Co-hosts Chris, Coach Eve, and local crew captain extraodinaire Sara Smith talk through all things crewing and pacing: helpful tips, organizational tricks, and lessons learned the hard way. You're going to want to take notes!

Sarah talks with Sara Smith, Director of Global Service Change Enablement at Waters Corporation, about her experience transitioning into a career as a woman service engineer and about what she's learned in her current role leading global service change enablement for her company.

This is Episode 18 with Sara Smith a transdisciplinary choreographer and librarian. Sara creates speculative-documentary performances and other works that explore interconnection and the poetics and politics of embodied and archival research. Their working process is rooted in physical practices of micro-attention and transformation. Their work has been seen and heard at venues throughout the US. They are the recipient of a Mass Cultural Council Fellowship in Choreography and support from numerous other prestigious institutions as well as residency fellowship from McDowell, Yaddo and more.  This is a conversation about building a spiritual cosmology, spiritual activism and the writing and influence of Gloria Anzalduá. This is a conversation about being aware of the limitations of our internal systems and how they impact the way in which we view the world. It's a conversation about their project In Network Time, Octopuses, and world building for the future, but also for NOW as we think about the future and how to live more embodied and interconnected. Sara Smith ProjectsInstagramSoundscores for Living SceneryGloria AnzalduáGloria Anzalduá A Light in the DarkOther Minds: The Octopus, The Sea & The Deep Origins of ConsciousnessUrsula Le Guin Carrier Bag Theory of FictionAndreas Weber EnlivenmentDavid AbramsFlorence Rice Hitchcock & The Theory of the Soft EarthPlease Subscribe to the show, leave a review and share this episode on social media or with friends! Check out our website for more information and follow us on @artist_and_place Steam Clock. Theme music by @GraceImago Podcast graphic design by @RobKimmel

Sara Smith, Deann Peak, and Regina Boykin are in the studio letting us know about the Putnam County Health Department.

Sara Smith is an instructor for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences program at Bellingham Technical College.

In this episode of "The MoneyFitMD Podcast," we delve into a crucial aspect of medical practice: charting. Join us as we uncover practical strategies and insights from our guest , Dr. Sara Smith, on how to reclaim your valuable time through efficient charting methods.Dr. Smith, an experienced physician and renowned charting expert, shares her expertise on optimizing the charting process. She reveals valuable techniques and tools that can streamline documentation, reduce administrative burden, and ultimately enhance both work-life balance and patient care.Through real-life examples and case studies, we explore the common challenges physicians face in charting and the detrimental effects it can have on their well-being. Dr. Smith provides actionable tips on improving charting efficiency, leveraging technology, and implementing time-saving practices.Whether you're a medical student, resident, or practicing physician, this episode offers invaluable advice for regaining control over your time and alleviating the stress associated with charting. Dr. Smith's insights empower you to prioritize patient interactions and clinical decision-making while effectively managing the necessary documentation.Join us for an enlightening conversation on charting that will equip you with practical strategies to navigate the demands of the medical profession. "The MoneyFitMD Podcast" is available on all major podcast platforms. Don't miss this enlightening episode on how to take back your time through charting with Dr. Sara Smith. Dr. Sarah Smith, known as "The Charting Coach," is a seasoned rural family physician specializing in optimizing charting processes. With extensive experience in ER and inpatient care, Dr. Smith understands the unique challenges physicians face when it comes to managing their charting responsibilities. Drawing from over a thousand hours of coaching physicians in this area, she firmly believes that change is possible for anyone, and she's ready to help.Dr. Smith offers personalized coaching to physicians seeking to design their clinical days for maximum efficiency. Her goal is to ensure physicians can complete their charting and paperwork, allowing them to leave work with today's tasks accomplished. With a deep understanding of the pressures physicians experience, Dr. Smith is committed to helping them achieve a healthier work-life balance.If you're struggling with charting, backlogs, or managing your clinical workload, reach out to Dr. Sarah Smith. She will provide the support and guidance you need to regain control over your time and workload. By working with Dr. Smith, you can optimize your charting processes, reduce stress, and achieve a more fulfilling professional life.She can be contacted through her website www.reachcareercoaching.caListen to her podcast here: https://www.chartingcoach.ca/podcasts/sustainable-clinical-medicine-with-the-charting-coachEnjoyed the episode? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.⁣Get your copy of DONE WITH BROKE order nowReady to liberate yourself and become the CEO of your money & life? Join the only community exclusively for women physicians. The doors are open htWe are social:Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/MoneyfitMD/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneyfitmd/Youtube: youtube.com/@moneyfitmd

In Marvel Studios “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. James Gunn writes and directs “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter and Maria Bakalova. Kevin Feige is the producer and Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nikolas Korda, Simon Hatt and Sara Smith serve as executive producers. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 will be released in UK Cinemas on 3rd May 2023.

Jonathan joins Sara Smith to talk about how imposter syndrome and productive procrastination inspired QuickCoach.  For more, listen and subscribe to the Goodman Show on your favourite podcast app. The Goodman Show is presented by Quickcoach.Fit, free professional software for trainers to impress their clients. Register your free account today at www.QuickCoach.Fit

Hey everyone, the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has FINALLY released on Disney+ and James Gunn has returned to tell stories with out favorite band of misfits in the MCU. The special is only about 41 minutes long so this isn't an overly long review but this has been a project that I have been very excited about because I love James Gunn and I love the Guardians of the Galaxy. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is probably the most underrated MCU movie to me and the first one is obviously a comic book movie classic. This is my SPOILER-FREE review of The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special: Written and Directed by: James Gunn Based on the Marvel comics Executive Producers: Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, James Gunn, Simon Hatt, Sara Smith, Brad Winderbaum Co-Producers: David J. Grant, Lars P. Winther Casting by: Sarah Finn Production Design by: Beth Mickle Costume Design by: Judianna Makovsky Cast: Chris Pratt, Pom Klemetieff, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Kevin Bacon, Maria Bakalova Synopsis: The Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcastOn this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUEST Pom Klementieff aka Mantis of the Guardians of the Galaxy. On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special premieres exclusively on Disney+ November 25, 2022.Listen to The Movie Podcast review now on all podcast feeds, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.caContact: hello@themoviepodcast.caTHE MOVIE PODCAST ON ET CANADA!THE MOVIE PODCAST MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE!FOLLOW USDaniel on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdShahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdAnthony on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdThe Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcastDaniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review James Gunn's THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL. On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present. It stars Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Maria Bakalova as Cosmo, The Old 97's with Michael Rooker and Kevin Bacon. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special premieres exclusively on Disney+ November 25, 2022.Listen to The Movie Podcast review now on all podcast feeds, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.caContact: hello@themoviepodcast.caTHE MOVIE PODCAST ON ET CANADA!THE MOVIE PODCAST MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE!FOLLOW USDaniel on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdShahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdAnthony on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdThe Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube

Sara Smith returns for expert advice on purchasing, processing, organizing and promoting graphic novels in our libraries. I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.   Capstone *use UNITED for $20 off $100 or more on print and ebooks Angie Kalthoff at Capstone: akalthoff@capstonepub.com Editable PD Certificate FAQ's and ISO (In search of…) Online Doctoral Programs SLU Playlists APA format for citing a podcast/podcast app Twitter/IG: sm_wordsmith School webpage E100 Graphic Library (Nov 2020) (Sara Smith) E121 Anime Club (May 2021) (Julie Stivers) E141 Manga Librarian (August 2021) (Ashley Hawkins) Sara's blog: The Graphic Library Graphic Library - How to Shelve Graphic Novels Graphic Library - Readers Advisory article for Booklist Graphic Library - Good Manga for Elementary Libraries

In this month's roundup we talk about Peach Momoko's Demon Wars, a manga that expands the Marvel Universe, mixed with Japanese folklore. We also discuss a blog post from librarian Sara Smith that gathers together all the main comic awards in the U.S. as well as YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in one handy blog post.We also discuss our favourite picks from the new graphic novels just published and what we've been reading lately.For a full list of this month's news, a handy list of all the new interesting graphic novels that have caught our attention and the links to everthing discussed please visit our blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com Hit the subscribe button for our podcast and blog and please leave us a glowing review, it will make you feel warm and fuzzy and every little bit helps.

In this episode, Matt and I are joined by fan-favourite guest Sara Smith to go over our Best of the Fall bracket in a debate format episode! The conversation lead to many great places ultimately leading to a winner being crowned in the Twelfth Hour! What did you think of our choices? Did we get this wrong? Let us know what you think in the comments! Thank you all for listening and stay tuned for episodes dropping every two Mondays!

In this episode, you'll hear from Sara Smith, who shares her journey of how she became sober after years of addiction and criminal justice involvement. Sara reveals the assistance she received from Jobs & Hope West Virginia and other organizations, and how she has subsequently pursued higher education and now helps others with their recovery journey. 

I sat down with Cranford and Sara to talk all about being a survivor and how to navigate your life now. With experience in the military, law enforcement, federal anti-terror work, and government terrorism response training, Cranford teaches how to ward off predators/abusers and escape danger with his FemVincible™ program. We just decided to hit the record button on our zoom call, so excuse the banter at the beginning but enjoy this conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karen-messina/message

Sara Smith, author of the Graphic Library blog and dedicated comics advocate, tells us about how she organizes her school library's shelves and navigates collection development in a conservative community! There are shout-outs to Katie J. McNamara, Jillian Rudes, Kelsey Bogan, and Matthew Murray, as well as references to No Flying No Tights, Booklist, Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable, GraphicLibrary.org, and Manga In Libraries. She is a fantastic librarian to follow and always has something new and worthwhile to share.    Fresh Picks Monster Asadora Lost Lad London Wynd Grim Twig Canto Little Monsters   Find a comics shop near you Secret Stacks artwork by Severin Piehl, creator of Tove Theme song by Julie Jurgens, who blogs at Hi, Miss Julie! and is on twitter as @himissjulie

On tomorrow's ag business episode we are talking all about bees with a fascinating entrepreneur who has traveled the world.  I thought that a look back at this great interview with Saralynn Smith would be a great idea as she talked to us about the very beginning stages of starting her bee business. Below are the original show notes: SHOW NOTES If You Want To Raise Bees, You Will Need The Right Clothing! Introducing Saralynn Smith!  Sara Smith is involved in one of the most ancient of agricultural enterprises, bee keeping.  Her story is kind of unique.  Instead of developing her bee hives with the purpose of harvesting honey or selling products, she and her father started them to pollinate the plants and flowers in their yard. Soon, they had 3 hives and excess honey!  After giving honey away to people in their community, the idea of "3 B's" came up.  Sara decided to make the beekeeping her supervised agricultural experience.  Now she will be producing lip balm from her honey with all natural ingredients. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Bee Keeping and Product Development HIGH SCHOOL: Dinwiddie High School; Dinwiddie, Virginia MASCOT: Generals FFA ADVISOR: Cindy Blaha & Laurel Bishop CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SARA SMITH: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Dinwiddie High School Website: Sara's FFA Advisor's Email Address:   cblaha@dcpsnet.org Dinwiddie High School Telephone Number:  (804) 469-4280 FFA LINKS: National FFA Organization Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE's) Support FFA  Donate to FFA - One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000.  In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants.  With your donations, more students can get this head start - pay it forward. REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA: Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world.  FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food. Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation.  The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth. Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store: “The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America's youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America's youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue More Places You Can Listen to Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald:  

Diana Parafiniuk is a seasoned and nationally recognized business leader in the teletherapy market. Her company, E-Therapy, pioneered the teletherapy industry in education with its innovative practices, services, solutions, and first-to-market approaches to serve Pre-K-12 schools and students. Diana received the prestigious Women's Achievers Award from the Arizona Capitol Times for Women who excel in businesses advancing communities and making a difference in people's lives. Diana's in-depth expertise comes from her extensive experience as a certified speech language pathologist holding certificates of clinical competence, providing speech and language services to online and brick-and-mortar schools across the USA. Diana's entrepreneurial innovation is the heart of E-Therapy's programming and services that have supported students' special education services nationally. Through creativity, passion, and relationship building, Diana has built out E-Therapy's mental health programming to meet the education market's needs for educators and students, serving the wellness of whole school communities. Diana served as an adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University teaching classes in SLPA childhood Communication Science Disorders and Screening and Treatment. She holds a MA degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders, as well as a BA in Spanish and Linguistics from Northern Arizona University. Sara Smith, MS, CCC-SLP is Lead Product Manager with E-Therapy. She has worked extensively in the teletherapy space and has presented nationally on best practices for teletherapy in the fields of speech pathology, early education, and telemental health. Sara is an independent app developer and has several speech therapy apps available on iTunes. She currently works with E-Therapy developing video content for trainings, webinars, and works closely with E-Therapy's mental health team to create dynamic digital resources for E-Therapy's on-demand eQUIP Mental Health training platform. 

In a continuation from our last episode, Liberty interviews Sara, the incredible ultra runner who ended up becoming a running partner in the race as well as friend. Learn about this “every day super hero” mom, wife, hairstylist ULTRA RUNNER! Sara is motivating and inspiring to all and a true testament to “no excuses.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/motivatedwithliberty/support

Sunday morning service with Sara Smith. 

Join me & special guest Dr Sara Smith to learn how the connection between your mind, body, spirit impact your every day life. Tune in get tips & best practices on how mindfulness can help you in every day situations at work. Dr. Sara Smith is a certified wellness & life coach in the Transformational Coaching Model with a unique professional background as a Doctor of Physical Therapy and certified yoga instructor. She is an avid believer in combining the power of yoga, mindfulness practice, and breathing techniques to create EASY healthy habit change. https://dr-sara-smith-8191.mykajabi.com/mindfulness-4-part-series (https://dr-sara-smith-8191.mykajabi.com/mindfulness-4-part-series)

As a new mom, Sara experienced slow digestion, fatigue, low energy, poor sleep, constant bloating, indigestion, weight fluctuations, sugar cravings and MORE! She thought it was just being a new mom, but soon came to realize that this just wasn't right. In today's episode, guest Sara Byars tells about how she improved her health from the inside out. She's real and vulnerable and shares a "dark mom moment" and all about how God and natural supplements have transformed her from the inside out. She also shares some important tips to help get healthier: the hidden ingredients in nutrition labels why to cut back on sugar (especially synthetics like aspartame & saccharin) organic v. "regular" produce how God is a part of a healthy outside the importance of supplements in daily health practices Tune in for some great takeaways that you can apply today to help get you healthy from the inside out! And for more Sara beyond the show, there are a number of ways to connect with her: friend her on iG @lovingmyhappylife & FB: Sara Smith Byars text the words “Gut Health Info” to (770) 765-0199 And to dive more to gut health and the supplements she shared about today, join her FB community, Love Your Guts https://www.facebook.com/ groups/loveyourgutsinfo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frannie-foltz/support

Sarah Smith, from San Antonio, Texas, shares her story of growing up with hearing loss, headaches, and memory problems only to find out she had a brain tumor that had been growing for 15 years.  Despite these struggles, Sarah encourages you that no matter what your circumstance, God has your back, and He is still in the business of performing miracles! Katie mentions Juleigh Green's story; you can listen here on Apple Podcasts.  To join our community on Patreon, go to patreon.com/stlcommunity For more info on StoryTellers Live and to support us go to storytellerslive.org/give

Quick introduction of the podcast host, Sara Smith, what this podcast is about and why it's important to her and what to expect in the following episodes.

Learn Carrie Friday's strategies for optimizing a librarian's purchasing power. I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.   Editable PD Certificate FAQ's and ISO (In search of…) Online Doctoral Programs Can I just vent??? Form SLU Playlists Episode 3: Purchasing: Who doesn't like to spend someone else's money (Sept 7, 2018) Sara Smith's Graphic Library reviews Twitter: @carriefriday IG: @carriefriday and @swmsmediacenter Carrie's work email: friday.carrie@brevardschools.org Carrie's Articles and webinars for Follett  Florida Power Library Portfolio

Ron’s Gone Wrong – Movie Review 106 Minutes, Rated PG Written by Peter Bynham and Sarah Smith Directed by Octavio E Rodrigues, Jean-Phillippe Vine, and Sara Smith   Synopsis: Ron's Gone Wrong is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device, which is supposed to be his […]

Our third episode features Pavithra Vasudevan and Sara Smith. Pavi is Assistant Professor in the Department of African & African Diaspora Studies and the Center for Women's & Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Sara is Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They tell the inside story of researching writing and publishing their article, “The domestic geopolitics of racial capitalism.” Introduction to the podcast: 00:00 The authors & their article: 3:25 The article's focus & purpose 5:42 Writing together (as mentor & mentee): 12:48 Addressing comments from reviewers & others: 21:05 Revising strategies & writing styles: 27:44 The importance of journal editors: 35:26 Wise advice for fellow authors: 40:55 Authors' hopes for their article, once published: 46:05 Podcast credits & further information: 52:40 The article was published in 2020, in Volume 38 Issue 7-8 of Politics & Space. It is part of a theme issue on “Feminist Political Geographies: Critical Reflections, New Directions,” which was guest edited by Caroline Faria, Vanessa A. Massaro, Jill M. Williams. The article is free to access on the journal's website so you can read along: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2399654420901567

Today, on the last episode of season two, we're talking about climate change, which threatens to upend everything western science understands about native and invasive species.   First, we join the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission climate change team as they carefully observe the seasonal relationships between all the beings in the forest. Then we talk to the Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu team, who are helping tribal nations find ways to assert their knowledge and adapt to climate change. Finally, we step back 20,000 years to see what paleoecology can teach us about how species move as the climate changes.  Thank you to our guests Rob Croll, Hannah Panci, Sara Smith, Jerry Jondreau and Jack Williams.  GLIFWC's Climate Change Program  - http://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/ GLIFWC's Phenology study  - http://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/PhenologyStudy.html Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad - A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu  - http://www.nicrn.org/tribal-climate-adaptation-menu.html More on climate change impacts in Wisconsin  - https://wicci.wisc.edu/wisconsin-climate-trends-and-projections/

Today, on the last episode of season two, we're talking about climate change, which threatens to upend everything western science understands about native and invasive species.   First, we join the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission climate change team as they carefully observe the seasonal relationships between all the beings in the forest. Then we talk to the Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu team, who are helping tribal nations find ways to assert their knowledge and adapt to climate change. Finally, we step back 20,000 years to see what paleoecology can teach us about how species move as the climate changes.  Thank you to our guests Rob Croll, Hannah Panci, Sara Smith, Jerry Jondreau and Jack Williams.  http://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/ (GLIFWC's Climate Change Program ) - http://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/ http://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/PhenologyStudy.html (GLIFWC's Phenology study ) - http://glifwc.org/ClimateChange/PhenologyStudy.html http://www.nicrn.org/tribal-climate-adaptation-menu.html (Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad - A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu ) - http://www.nicrn.org/tribal-climate-adaptation-menu.html https://wicci.wisc.edu/wisconsin-climate-trends-and-projections/ (More on climate change impacts in Wisconsin ) - https://wicci.wisc.edu/wisconsin-climate-trends-and-projections/

In part four of our series on sexism and misogyny, Joseph is joined by Niya Kasibhotla, Sara Smith, and Hunter Azme as they talk about the Title IX process. TW: Sexual Violence

On this week's episode of #DWYCFTP I chat with Sara Smith, the founder of Wrappily - a company that makes and sells gift wrapping printed on 100% recycled newsprint. In case you didn't know, most traditional wrapping paper is not recyclable because it is laminated, dyed, or contains additives like glitter. And every year, wrapping paper and shopping bags alone account for about 4 million tons of trash in the U.S. alone. Sara and I chat about why this issue matters to us personally, how Wrappily has created a more sustainable solution to decorating our gifts, and some fun alternatives to using wrapping entirely. We hope that this episode inspires you to think creatively this year - we truly believe that we can still have beautifully wrapped gifts without all the waste and guilt! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dwycftp/support

I will preface these show notes- by saying there is nothing like an in person experience to elevate your into the next level- mentally, physically, spiritually, financially. I started experiencing group in person events & personal development conferences back in 2016/2017- and the transformation truly began the moment I decided I was going to go ((solo)) to an event that was designed to personally and professionally grow me! The moment I decided I was committed to going ALL IN and finding a way, creating a way- to get my booty to said event- I was changed. Energy follows that type of DECISION! Sara Smith, is the creator of Women's Empowerment Conference, also known as W.E. Conference! I will be running a workshop at this year's conference for over 200 women! In turn, I decided to bring Sara on to share the power of this type of event, and how her vision has come to life, bringing this to women from all over the world! I encourage you to tune in- whether you're craving in person transformation or not- this episode will inspire you to go ALL IN on your next level dreams- this is for the movers, the shakers, the change makers! ;) (okay cheesy- but go with me) This year, more than ever, I know so many women are craving to come together in a much more tangible way! Here's your opportunity- we would love to see you at the conference. If you want to learn more about Sara, you can check her out here: Facebook.com/yourcoachsara instagram.com/yourcoachsara The Conference: Tickets: womensempowermentconference.com Facebook event, page, & group - search 'Women's Empowerment Conference' & you will see all of the things! Instagram: instagram.com/we.conference After you listen tag us on Ig @SoulNakedCEO and let us know you're turning in! And we would love to hear from you- please leave us a five star review- and send the screen shot to Hello@ErinCallCoaching.com - we will send you a FREE Manifestation meditation!

Despite the plethora of language learning tools, learning a new language is still very difficult for many people. What if it was much easier and much more fun? Dr. Sara Smith, a finalist for the 2020 Cade Prize, Oxford and Harvard educated Assistant Professor at USF, and CEO of MARVL shares how her patented augmented reality app can change how we learn languages. TRANSCRIPT: Intro: 0:01 Inventors and their inventions. Welcome to Radio Cade the podcast from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida, the museum is named after James Robert Cade, who invented Gatorade in 1965. My name is Richard Miles. We’ll introduce you to inventors and the things that motivate them, we’ll learn about their personal stories, how their inventions work and how their ideas get from the laboratory to the marketplace. James Di Virgilio: 0:38 Welcome to Radio Cade . I’m your host, James Di Virgilio. And today we’re going to tackle a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Why is it so hard to learn a new language? And is there a way that we can improve how we or I, or you learn a new language? Joining me today is Dr. Sara Smith. She is the CEO of MARVL, also an Assistant Professor of English to speakers of other languages and foreign language education at the University of South Florida and Doctorate from Oxford time at Harvard. Very, very smart, Sara, welcome to the show. I can’t wait to figure out how you can help me and our listeners improve in learning languages. Dr. Sara Smith: 1:15 Well, thank you so much for having me and thank you for the very flattering introduction. James Di Virgilio: 1:19 You’re most welcome. Now, tell me, let’s just jump right into the question of why is it so hard for a three-year-old or myself to learn a new language? Dr. Sara Smith: 1:28 It’s a good question. It’s a question, people ask me a lot, you know, learning a new language requires learning thousands and thousands of words, a kindergartner knows about 5,000 words. That’s a lot of words and learning a new word is harder than you think you have to be exposed to that word over and over and over before you remember it. So one of the reasons why learning a new language is hard is because you have to build up that bank of words. You need to get all those vocabulary words, and that takes time and that takes effort. James Di Virgilio: 1:54 And so when I’m traveling around France and I’m seeing words during my vacation, and I can learn a few of them, the ones I typically will learn the most are the ones I engage with the most. If I see this word 15, 20, 30 times, it sticks in my mind that sortie means an exit or whatever the case may be. But if I don’t get exposed to these other vocabulary words, then I don’t have enough words to draw on to begin to speak the language. Dr. Sara Smith: 2:17 Yeah. And I love that you use as an example, you traveling around France because that’s actually an even better way to learn. New words is when you’re having experiences. One of the things that makes learning a language when you’re either trying to teach yourself at home with your own materials, or even in a classroom setting, is that you’re not having varied experiences and exposures to those words, right? You’re only encountering them in these sort of flat interactions where it’s just there in front of you in print. Maybe it comes with a definition, but if you’re traveling around France, you’re having experiences, you’re having emotions. You’re encountering that word in an authentic setting, right? You’re encountering the word exit while you’re looking for the exit. So you have a feeling that goes with it and you see that word, you’re seeing it with an exit. So that’s an even better way to learn it. We know that if we can add these sort of visual components, these emotional components, adding something participatory, like you’re participating in the experience, you’re using the language, then you’re actually going to learn it faster. So your example of learning words in France, that’s one of the best way to do it. James Di Virgilio: 3:19 And so incomes your problem solving solution. There’s a plethora of ways to attempt to learn languages. The large majority of them are doing what you said to try to build vocabulary. But if you’re not actually in the country, you’re not experiencing this. It can be onerous difficult. If not downright impossible to do thus, we have MARVL. Now, MARVL is not the superhero comic book that we know what , what, what is MARVL and what is augmented reality? Dr. Sara Smith: 3:48 Well, I want us to be the superhero of your language learning experience. And that’s what I hope MARVL is. So MARVL is an augmented reality app and we use augmented reality to create these immersive experiences. So we can sort of get you closer to that experience of being in France, needing an exit, asking for an exit, looking and seeing the word for exit next to the exit. We want to create these immersive dynamic experiences to make that language learning experience a little more fun, and then also faster and more effective because you’re processing it and you’re storing it as a different type of memory. So that’s what MARVL seeks to do. And by using augmented reality, we can create these interactive experiences. So a lot of people are familiar with Pokemon Go that’s the AR game that everyone can think of. And remember, and that used augmented reality to create the illusion that these animated monsters co-existed with you in your real world, right? So when you would look through the lens of your device, they would pop up like they lived there with you in the real world. And that’s, I think part of the fun that augmented reality can bring to the table it’s whimsical and it’s magical. And it creates this illusion without taking you out of your real world. Virtual reality takes you completely out of your real world, right? It separates you completely augmented reality. We’re just adding some fun and magic to your real world. So what our app does is it builds on a traditional vocabulary flashcard. And when you look at that flashcard through the lens of your device, using our app, an animated fun, engaging teacher character will pop up on the card and give you that vocabulary instruction using all of the magic of augmented reality. So if it’s a word like swoop, then we have pictures of planes on the card. Those planes will swoop off the page. We have the characters have props and do activities that go with it. And also try to talk to you, ask you to do things with them, have that interactive component, say it with me, present the word in a lot of different forms. So you can have that participatory, interactive experience. It’s going to help you learn that word faster and also have more fun. James Di Virgilio: 5:50 Now, Sara, if I have never used augmented reality, am I able to do this on my cell phone or iPad? Or do I need a special device? Dr. Sara Smith: 6:00 That’s a great question. No, any smartphone works AR is ready for even our most medium old smartphones like mine. So it works well for tablets and smartphones. You don’t need a device specifically for it. Most phones nowadays can do it really, really well. James Di Virgilio: 6:14 So I get the app on my phone. I can then begin to experience augmented reality. And for those of you that have never experienced this, if I am in my room, if you’re aware, you’re listening right now, when I hold up my phone towards a wall or towards the seat of my card or wherever I am, and then I put a flashcard down, I’m going to have this character Ivan pop up and then begin to describe this car to me as if he is sitting right next to me, correct? Dr. Sara Smith: 6:42 Yeah. So he’s a cute little animated character. He has a best friend. Who’s a sloth who’s kind of his sidekick. So Watson will pop up. He’s going to stand on the card, kind of like a magic little cartoon character in front of you. And he’s going to do exactly what a really good bilingual teacher would do. A really well-trained language teacher is going to provide you that word in a couple of different forms. Watson’s going to say the word slowly for you. So Watson’s kind of there to help, especially for young children, sound it out alert you to features of how it’s written and he’ll define the word help describe the word. And there’s all sorts of sort of additional extensions and supports. He’ll give you a little lesson, just like you had a bilingual teacher there in front of you. And one of the key things that MARVL offers is that because we have the capacity to plug and play for many different languages. We can have Ivan give you a definition in your first language, in addition to giving you all that information in the language you’re trying to learn. And we know that especially children learn a lot faster if they just get that supporting definition in their first language. James Di Virgilio: 7:42 So if I’m French, I opened this up, I see the first definition of block in French, and then it’s going to wind up describing it to me in English, after the fact. Dr. Sara Smith: 7:51 Exactly. So Ivan’s there to support you. He’s going to tell you about it. He’s going to show you if there’s anything that he can do to act it out. If there are any props that would help, he’s going to have all that there for you. And he is going to tell you in both the language you’re trying to learn and the language you already speak a really rich description of what this word means. So you have something you already know to anchor it to. James Di Virgilio: 8:12 Now , how much better is this? We talked about how hard it is to learn a language. Are you able to quantify how much this improves a child or an adult’s ability to learn? Dr. Sara Smith: 8:21 So we’re in our early efficacy studies and we’re really enjoying using it. We know that kids as young as four can do this on the first try. We know that after an hour we see trackable gains for four year olds and we see fun cascading benefits to their parents. So we see the parents also learn new words when they’re using the app with their children. So that’s where we are right now. We know from a whole body of research that visual and audio are stored and processed separately in memory. And so we know that this is faster than something that’s just flat. So something that’s just going to show you text and a picture. We know that having that video component is going to be a lot faster. And so we’re hoping to move from those 12 exposures, maybe down to something like seven times, right? So just cutting that down and cutting that down. And we’re hoping that we can add enough participatory experiences, that it might be as fast as one exposure, right? So if what Ivan does when he pops up is really fun and really cute, and you’re enjoying it. You may remember it the same way you would. If you were having an experience where you were having a great dinner and someone puts something on the table and said the word for that food. And it clicked the first time. And I think for all of us who studied other languages or lived in contexts where we’re using another language, we know those times where it only takes once that sort of magic moment, right? Where we have enough participation enough authentic languages when it’s like you get it on the first go and you never forget it. And so we’re hoping we can get you there and that we can get kids there sometimes even with just one go. James Di Virgilio: 9:46 So how novel is this idea? Are there lots of competitors that are doing something very similar? How unique is this ? Dr. Sara Smith: 9:52 Oh, that’s a great question. So we are the only ones to my knowledge, using augmented reality for dual language instruction like this for providing something fun for kids, especially with cartoon characters and where we’re also providing that first language support. And I think that’s a really key component, especially when we’re thinking about children. Not only do we want to make sure that we’re teaching new words the best way we can and the best way we can is with support in the first language. But we also want to continue development in the first language, right? So if it is a word that maybe the child doesn’t necessarily know super well in their first language, we have the extra benefit of we’re teaching two languages. And I don’t know of any other app that’s doing that. So that’s really exciting. As far as augmented reality goes, we actually have the patent on augmented reality for dual language instruction. So I’m relatively confident. We’re the only ones doing that. James Di Virgilio: 10:42 Now, do you have a background in tech? I do a lot of work with entrepreneurs. I frequently come across people who have a fixed mindset and others who have a much more open mindset about what they can or cannot tackle. You’ve created what seems to be a very tech, heavy innovation. Do you have a background in tech? We know that you’re a master of language, but where did the tech side come from? Dr. Sara Smith: 11:04 That’s a really good question, too. If it’s possible to have the opposite of a background in tech, I was a teacher for a long time. I taught English as a foreign language. I taught in a lot of different fun settings and I came to tech, not because I wanted to use tech per se, but because I wanted to solve a challenge and technology gave me a way to solve that challenge. I wanted to solve the challenge of not having enough bilingual teachers in our classrooms to provide our children who are learning English as a new language, the kind of rich bilingual instruction that I wanted them to have. And I know that from my own experiences as a teacher, sometimes I would have kids in the class. I might have 18 kids who spoke 17 different languages. I don’t speak any of those languages. So what can I do to provide that first language support and help those children continue to develop in both of their languages? And so for me, it was much more about seeing tech as a way to solve a challenge I was working on. And when I started, not only did I not think of myself as someone who had an expertise in tech, I probably thought of myself as someone who was unlikely to be able to use tech well or innovate. And I think there are actually a lot of us who are involved in other types of challenges who may have that light bulb moment of thinking, you know what? I think technology can help me solve my challenge, but because we’re outside of the tech world, we feel like, Oh, but I don’t know anything about tech. And I hope that I can at least encourage other people who are coming from that place. Like I was of saying, okay, I know about this challenge. I know we need an innovation here, but I don’t have the expertise in tech to really say well, but maybe nobody in tech is familiar with this challenge. Maybe nobody in tech is considering how technology could innovate and solve some of the challenges I’m facing. And just being able to see that from the other side, you can teach yourself the tech, or you can bring in people who have the tech expertise. What really is missing are people who have the insight to solve a challenge with tech. James Di Virgilio: 12:54 Yeah, that’s very well said. And that’s something that I find myself talking a lot with people about is innovation comes first from exactly as you described it, there’s a problem that needs to be fixed. And then you find out how do I fix the problem? You don’t have to have all the actual skills to fix the problem. That’s the beauty of a free idea market, where you find someone else who has a skill to assist you. And then you begin to of course, build a team. But oftentimes the most important thing is to have the idea, Hey, could we improve this? Could we solve this by using something that may exist or by talking to someone who has never thought about it, but might be able to help me build a tool. And that’s obviously exactly what you have done. Now tell us Sara, where you are in this stage of this app. Is this something I can download right now into my phone and begin using? Where are we? Dr. Sara Smith: 13:42 I wish I could say you could download it. Now. My hope is that I will be able to say yes to you. If you follow up and ask me again in November, we’re hoping to have something ready in November, December for people who speak English, but want to learn Spanish and people who speak Spanish, but want to learn English. So that’s where we want to start with our eventual goal would be to have many, many, many different language combinations available for people to play with the use . And in the very long run, our goal is to actually open it up and have it be what will hopefully be a global network of users can create their own materials as well. But for the moment, our goal is by November, December to have some Spanish, English or English, Spanish materials available for people to download and play with and give us feedback on, we want to know, are you liking it while you’re using it? Our website is up. So if you’re interested, you can go to our website and put some information so that we can contact you when the app is up and ready to go. And you can be in our special group of starting out users, that , that we really will value your feedback. James Di Virgilio: 14:42 What is the website? Don’t leave us hanging. Dr. Sara Smith: 14:45 Yeah. So the website is Marvllanguage.com. So that’s M A R V L language dot com. James Di Virgilio: 14:50 Let’s talk a little bit about getting something like this into the hands of me or others for our listeners, right? So it’s , it’s September. Now, November is two months from now. Of course, you started this journey a while back. Where are you with financing it? Did you do it all on your own? Have you sought investors? Have you gotten grants? Have you won business pitch competitions? How have you been able to keep operations going to make this dream a reality? Dr. Sara Smith: 15:15 So I started this and this is a very small amount of money. I started this with, but I’m so, so grateful for it. I started this with a $5,000 it’s called a mini grant. So I had this idea and I got a $5,000 grant from my college. And that was enough to make a very basic prototype of what I wanted to do that worked with just three words. So I just had my special three vocabulary words, and that was enough to get a patent. So I started this with literally $5,000 and I used every penny of that. And with that, I then went forward since I had the patent at that point. And I had a prototype that I could show people and get them excited too , which I think is a big part of when you say, you know, I’m really excited about this. I wanted to just have enough to get other people excited too . And from that, I then was able to get a grant from the USF foundation. And I’m very, very appreciative for that. So that’s where we are at the moment. And that really has been thanks to enormous amounts of support from University of South Florida and their enthusiasm behind the idea, and really encouraging me to keep going with it. And one of the things that I feel so grateful for is every step of the way, anyone that I’ve shown this to, that I can let play with the app. And they’re always excited by how fun and cool it is to have that magic of a character popping up and teaching you another language. So I think I’ve been really fortunate to have those sources of funding. And I’m also taking part in a program called Tech Women Rising, which is an accelerator specifically for women in tech. And that’s been another great source of just learning about how to do this. It’s hard, I’m an academic for before that, I was a teacher. I don’t have a background in tech, as you mentioned. I also don’t have a background in business. So I have none of the backgrounds in anything except language learning. So all of these resources have been really helpful for me. And for helping me learn the ins and outs of this business. James Di Virgilio: 17:10 Well, it sounds like maybe you need a MARVL for business and for tech that would have sped up your ability to learn those new languages. Dr. Sara Smith: 17:18 I would love to, you know, I’ve talked about making other decks of cards for things like STEM words, you know, things where it’s not necessarily language learning, but it is to help with that. Adding all of the words that you need to learn to have some sort of extra help with learning. James Di Virgilio: 17:33 All right . Let’s ask a tough question, but an important one, if MARVL were not to make it, the future goes on, it’s a great idea. It’s working really well right now. Why do you think that might be what’s maybe the biggest obstacle or threat to MARVL success? Dr. Sara Smith: 17:48 That’s a good question. I think people are pretty resistant to change. I think that may be a big part of it. It’s really different to shift from, for example, just book written materials, right? To add on top of that augmented reality materials, because that’s what they are there. Additional learning materials that just take the form of an animated character talking to you in an augmented reality situation. So I think there’s some resistance to change there. Yeah, I think that’s my number one answer is that it is a little different. It is a little weird as much as I feel totally fine having an animated character, teach me things. Maybe some people want a less whimsical approach. They want something more serious. And I think maybe it can feel not serious if you’re learning a language from an animated character in an animated sloth. So I think that may be a part of it is because it’s different and the resistance to change on that side. James Di Virgilio: 18:42 Sure. And it sounds like if a lot of this is going to be directed towards children, if the parents themselves are unaware of it or don’t understand how to help them use it or can’t get it set up, that could be a hurdle. How do you get your brand out there? How do people become aware that MARVL exists so that enough of them use it? Dr. Sara Smith: 19:00 So I’m hoping teachers will be excited about it. That’s really where I think we can be really successful. And part of my goal with MARVL is to create the resources that will help teachers in increasingly diverse classrooms. So my hope is that by working with teachers, communicating with teachers and a big part of why this was created was to respond to what teachers are saying and experiencing, which is I need help. I need resources. Just like I described. My classroom is full of children who speak all these amazing languages. And I want to support that. But at the beginning of each school year, I can’t learn 17 new languages, right. As much as I wish I could. I just can’t. So my hope is that teachers will really be the ones who say, I see this resource, I see how this can help me deliver optimal, differentiated instruction to all the kids in my classroom. And that they will be that bridge also to supporting parents and saying, you know, I’m going to go to my curriculum. I’m going to see what I have coming up this week. I’m going to pull the flashcards that go with that, and I’m going to send those home so that kids and parents can use them together, or I’m going to have them here in the classroom for the kids to use in the classroom. So I really hope that we could create something that is so useful to teachers, that they are excited about it and that they are creating that bridge for us. I think also we need to make sure that we create something that parents are part of. I think there are parents who feel like technology may not be the best thing for their kids, or they want to have experiences that don’t involve technology. And I think that’s amazing and I think that’s great and I love traditional flashcards and reading together and all of that stuff. But we also want to create something where we can also have this technology component and that can be a rich experience for parents and kids to have together. James Di Virgilio: 20:40 That’s a good point there at the end, this idea that, Hey, maybe we’re too connected to our devices, right? Maybe our posture is completely falling apart because we spend our days leaned over a computer screens or tablet, screens, or cell phone screens. But at the end of the day, if you’re using technology to improve something, then you can begin to say, Hey, it’s worth an hour of time staring at a screen. If I’m in fact learning your language, that’s a life beneficial skill averse. Maybe if I’m browsing social media or something that may not be as applicable. So lots of interesting thoughts and ideas there, Sara, before we let you go, we have to get some words of wisdom from you. You’ve obviously done something outside of the box yet also very intuitive and logical with solving a problem. So give us some words of wisdom for those that are listening that have their own ideas or their own thoughts or want to become entrepreneurs one day, what are some key pieces of advice you would give them ? Dr. Sara Smith: 21:31 I mean, I know it sounds silly to say, go for it, but just go for it. It doesn’t matter if you were never voted most likely to be an entrepreneur or you were never voted most likely to go into tech. I think probably I would have been voted least likely to be an entrepreneur and least likely to go into tech, but because I was so excited about not just my solution, but excited about solving this challenge, I was able to get other people excited and I was able to slowly and methodically find the support I needed to make this idea a reality. And so I think, especially for those of us who maybe haven’t spent our whole lives hearing that we are going to be tech entrepreneurs and gearing that we’re the ones to do this. If you think you have something really good, if you think you see something that no one else has seen or put into practice yet, I would say don’t be held back by whether or not other people think of you as an entrepreneur or a tech person. You can get all that support. It’s that shooting star moment where you see a way to help a challenge and help resolve a problem. That’s really, I think what the magic is. James Di Virgilio: 22:31 Well, Sara, thank you so much for joining Radio Cade today. Congratulations on being a Fibonacci finalist for the Cade Prize, which is given out each and every year to the best innovations and ideas and years of courses right in the center of that. It’s been wonderful learning about MARVL. We certainly wish you nothing but success. And I myself hope that I’m able to learn a language much faster so that my travels are that much more enriching. Dr. Sara Smith: 22:56 I hope you’ll use MARVL. I hope it helps you. James Di Virgilio: 22:58 On behalf of Radio Cade. I’m your host, James de Virgilio Radio Cade is produced by the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention located in Gainesville, Florida . This podcast episodes host was James Di Virgilio and Ellie Thom coordinates inventor interviews, podcasts, or recorded hardwood, soundstage, and edited and mixed by Bob McPeak . The Radio Cade theme song was produced and performed by Tracy Columns and features violinists Jacob Lawson.

Podcast: The ALPS In Brief PodcastEpisode: Episode 15: 2017 ALPS Year in ReviewPub date: 2018-05-29ALPS recently released our 2017 Annual Report online. Mark Bassingthwaighte was able to sit down with ALPS CFO Sara Smith as she elaborated on a year that was marked by growth and excitement for the company.  ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast, is hosted by ALPS Risk Manager, Mark Bassingthwaighte. Transcript: MARK: Hello. Welcome to another episode of ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast. We're coming to you from the ALPS' home office in the historic Florence Building in beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. I'm Mark Bassingthwaighte, the ALPS risk manager, and I have the pleasure today of sitting down with our corporate CFO Sara Smith. MARK: We're going to be talking today about the ALPS annual report which is just out. But before we get into that, Sara, can you just take a little time to share with our audience? Tell us a little bit about yourself. SARA: Sure. Thanks, Mark. My name is Sara Smith. I've been with ALPS for 15 years. Prior to that, I had a pretty diverse background working at retail and coal bed methane exploration. MARK: Wow. SARA: All sorts of different things. I didn't think insurance would be where I would end up, but I have found it challenging and fun and quite exhilarating at times. I've enjoyed my career here at ALPS. MARK: Very good. Very good. Well, we are here to talk about the annual report, the numbers from 2017 and all the good things that have been happening around here. Why don't we start with some of the most basics, the things that people are most curious about. Can you share a little bit about revenue? What's been happening? SARA: Sure. I think the exciting thing happening at ALPS is just our growth and we have a great trajectory going forward, but we also had a fantastic 2017. We saw growth in key states like Washington and Colorado, where we saw tripled digit growth- MARK: Wow, nice. SARA: ... which is super exciting, and so our overall top-line grew about 6%, which in this competitive and market environment, it's a great achievement. MARK: Yeah. Very good. Not only is growth important in terms of just an insurance company, but claims frequency is also a significant thing. What happened on the frequency front? SARA: Well, we started to think that maybe attorneys weren't having claims anymore the way the frequency number dropped. We have seen this in the industry overall in 2017, but it was great to see in ALPS as well. Our frequency dropped right below 3% so it was great, great year. MARK: Wow. Those are great numbers. Growth is not always built on just revenue in terms of playing with premium numbers and having savings and frequency. Can you share a little bit about what's happening in terms of policies, number of policies, number of attorneys? How are those numbers playing out this year? SARA: Both policies and attorneys grew over 7% in 2017 over '16. That translates to almost 18,000 attorneys in ALPS portfolio at the end of '17. MARK: That's a significant change from when we started all those years ago. SARA: It is. MARK: It's a very different company which is a good thing. SARA: It is a good thing. MARK: Another key component for insurance carriers is just, in terms of their overall stability as measured by surplus. What's happening in the surplus? SARA: Well, surplus is so important and so critical for all insurance carriers and, as a policy holder, it's something you should be concerned with when you look at your own insurance carrier. Basically, that is the actual money available to policy holders beyond what's established for reserves. It's the foundation of security and stability within an insurance company. Our surplus grew 6% in 2017. We're just up over $40 million at the end of the year. So we're in sound financial shape. MARK: Yeah and I think that's a good point in terms of having lawyers understand how insurance companies ... How to judge and determine how secure and stable a company is in terms of longterm presence in a market. SARA: Absolutely. MARK: Or just the ability to pay claims going forward. And these surplus numbers are key. I'd like, shortly, to shift into a little softer side of this discussion, but before we jump there, I would like to make our listeners aware. We have put up the annual report. As I understand it, it's all on our website, interactive. Do you have any comments about that? It's just ... Just go to alpsnet.com. SARA: Correct. MARK: I just encourage you folks, if you have any interest to dig into the numbers a little bit more, all of this information is available. Let's talk about the soft stuff in 2017. SARA: Yeah. MARK: You've shared some things about growth. Lots of great things happening with the company. Just fill us in. SARA: I think that sometimes there's a tendency to look just at the numbers and they tell a great story in 2017 but there is also a lot of foundational work that went into 2017 that is really priming the pump for 2018 and beyond. A couple of those things are ... We did a full rate study of our entire 30 years of data, right? What do we know about our attorneys and what do we not know? What are the assumptions we've made over the years and what are the surprises? So, that was a huge undertaking. Took a lot of time and I think we got some valid information out of that. SARA: The other thing we did is we heard from our policy holders that maybe there was some things that we could do in our policy forms that would be better and more customizable to them. We took a hard look at our policy and developed three new policy forms to better serve our customers. That is a tremendous amount of work. MARK: Yeah. SARA: We spent most of '17 working on that. Of course, that's just the easy part. Now, we have to ... At the end of the year, we started filing our forms and rates and policies in all of our states. So, now we're hurry up and wait and see what happens. MARK: Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're also at a point where we're beginning to expand jurisdictionally. Any comments on what's happening there? SARA: Yeah, we have really put some effort forward to diversify our book both geographically as well as just from a demographic perspective.  We did see significant growth in Washington and Colorado and we're going to continue to see that expansion play out. We recently were approved in Texas and starting writing business in April. So that's really exciting. We're on the march to get the last couple of states and get our Certificate of Authority. I expect that our footprint will be much different by the end of '18 then it even was in 2017. MARK: And while we have been recognized as a national insurer, we really now are on the verge of truly being national in terms of just a presence throughout the entire United States, which is exciting. SARA: It is exciting. MARK: It really is. Lots of opportunities coming. There's been some investments in technology as well. Can you share a little bit about what we're doing? SARA: Sure. I think that the consumers ... Consumers overall are changing and they're changing their purchasing patterns and the way that they like to access their information. MARK: Yes, right. SARA: I think that it's hard for insurance companies especially. We all have legacy platforms and we have to sometimes just rip the band aid off. Start over. We are working on finally e-delivery and being able to get our customers what they want, when they want it. So I think it's a huge task and it's much more complicated than you think it would be, but we're getting there. MARK: Very good. Very good. That's pretty much what we wanted to share. Do you have any closing comments? Exciting things to look forward in 2018? What's on your radar? SARA: Wow. So, 2018 right now is ... I'm really watching our rate implementation and execution and making sure that we're doing that in the right way. I think that going into new states is super exciting. How do we build traction? What does that look like? What are we going to learn? Cause you know we're going to learn a lot. We just don't know what it is at the point right now. MARK: And I'm looking forward myself in terms of one of the guys getting on the airplane so we can go to a few new places. Get a few more miles but- SARA: Right, right, right. MARK: To meet some new folks out in these new states. Doing some lecturing and what not. They are exciting times. Well, Sara, thank you very much. It's been a pleasure. To all of you listening, I hope you found something of value today and I encourage you, if you have any interest in learning more about what is happening here at ALPS, to visit alpsnet.com. There is a link to the annual report interactive and there's some great information there. In addition, if any of you have any questions or topics that you would like to see addressed in the future ... Or even speakers you'd like to hear on the podcast, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at mbass@alpsnet.com. Thanks for listening. Bye-bye.  The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ALPS Lawyer's Malpractice Insurance, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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ALPS recently released our 2017 Annual Report online. Mark Bassingthwaighte was able to sit down with ALPS CFO Sara Smith as she elaborated on a year that was marked by growth and excitement for the company.  ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast, is hosted by ALPS Risk Manager, Mark Bassingthwaighte. Transcript: MARK: Hello. Welcome to another episode of ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast. We're coming to you from the ALPS' home office in the historic Florence Building in beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. I'm Mark Bassingthwaighte, the ALPS risk manager, and I have the pleasure today of sitting down with our corporate CFO Sara Smith. MARK: We're going to be talking today about the ALPS annual report which is just out. But before we get into that, Sara, can you just take a little time to share with our audience? Tell us a little bit about yourself. SARA: Sure. Thanks, Mark. My name is Sara Smith. I've been with ALPS for 15 years. Prior to that, I had a pretty diverse background working at retail and coal bed methane exploration. MARK: Wow. SARA: All sorts of different things. I didn't think insurance would be where I would end up, but I have found it challenging and fun and quite exhilarating at times. I've enjoyed my career here at ALPS. MARK: Very good. Very good. Well, we are here to talk about the annual report, the numbers from 2017 and all the good things that have been happening around here. Why don't we start with some of the most basics, the things that people are most curious about. Can you share a little bit about revenue? What's been happening? SARA: Sure. I think the exciting thing happening at ALPS is just our growth and we have a great trajectory going forward, but we also had a fantastic 2017. We saw growth in key states like Washington and Colorado, where we saw tripled digit growth- MARK: Wow, nice. SARA: ... which is super exciting, and so our overall top-line grew about 6%, which in this competitive and market environment, it's a great achievement. MARK: Yeah. Very good. Not only is growth important in terms of just an insurance company, but claims frequency is also a significant thing. What happened on the frequency front? SARA: Well, we started to think that maybe attorneys weren't having claims anymore the way the frequency number dropped. We have seen this in the industry overall in 2017, but it was great to see in ALPS as well. Our frequency dropped right below 3% so it was great, great year. MARK: Wow. Those are great numbers. Growth is not always built on just revenue in terms of playing with premium numbers and having savings and frequency. Can you share a little bit about what's happening in terms of policies, number of policies, number of attorneys? How are those numbers playing out this year? SARA: Both policies and attorneys grew over 7% in 2017 over '16. That translates to almost 18,000 attorneys in ALPS portfolio at the end of '17. MARK: That's a significant change from when we started all those years ago. SARA: It is. MARK: It's a very different company which is a good thing. SARA: It is a good thing. MARK: Another key component for insurance carriers is just, in terms of their overall stability as measured by surplus. What's happening in the surplus? SARA: Well, surplus is so important and so critical for all insurance carriers and, as a policy holder, it's something you should be concerned with when you look at your own insurance carrier. Basically, that is the actual money available to policy holders beyond what's established for reserves. It's the foundation of security and stability within an insurance company. Our surplus grew 6% in 2017. We're just up over $40 million at the end of the year. So we're in sound financial shape. MARK: Yeah and I think that's a good point in terms of having lawyers understand how insurance companies ... How to judge and determine how secure and stable a company is in terms of longterm presence in a market. SARA: Absolutely. MARK: Or just the ability to pay claims going forward. And these surplus numbers are key. I'd like, shortly, to shift into a little softer side of this discussion, but before we jump there, I would like to make our listeners aware. We have put up the annual report. As I understand it, it's all on our website, interactive. Do you have any comments about that? It's just ... Just go to alpsnet.com. SARA: Correct. MARK: I just encourage you folks, if you have any interest to dig into the numbers a little bit more, all of this information is available. Let's talk about the soft stuff in 2017. SARA: Yeah. MARK: You've shared some things about growth. Lots of great things happening with the company. Just fill us in. SARA: I think that sometimes there's a tendency to look just at the numbers and they tell a great story in 2017 but there is also a lot of foundational work that went into 2017 that is really priming the pump for 2018 and beyond. A couple of those things are ... We did a full rate study of our entire 30 years of data, right? What do we know about our attorneys and what do we not know? What are the assumptions we've made over the years and what are the surprises? So, that was a huge undertaking. Took a lot of time and I think we got some valid information out of that. SARA: The other thing we did is we heard from our policy holders that maybe there was some things that we could do in our policy forms that would be better and more customizable to them. We took a hard look at our policy and developed three new policy forms to better serve our customers. That is a tremendous amount of work. MARK: Yeah. SARA: We spent most of '17 working on that. Of course, that's just the easy part. Now, we have to ... At the end of the year, we started filing our forms and rates and policies in all of our states. So, now we're hurry up and wait and see what happens. MARK: Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're also at a point where we're beginning to expand jurisdictionally. Any comments on what's happening there? SARA: Yeah, we have really put some effort forward to diversify our book both geographically as well as just from a demographic perspective.  We did see significant growth in Washington and Colorado and we're going to continue to see that expansion play out. We recently were approved in Texas and starting writing business in April. So that's really exciting. We're on the march to get the last couple of states and get our Certificate of Authority. I expect that our footprint will be much different by the end of '18 then it even was in 2017. MARK: And while we have been recognized as a national insurer, we really now are on the verge of truly being national in terms of just a presence throughout the entire United States, which is exciting. SARA: It is exciting. MARK: It really is. Lots of opportunities coming. There's been some investments in technology as well. Can you share a little bit about what we're doing? SARA: Sure. I think that the consumers ... Consumers overall are changing and they're changing their purchasing patterns and the way that they like to access their information. MARK: Yes, right. SARA: I think that it's hard for insurance companies especially. We all have legacy platforms and we have to sometimes just rip the band aid off. Start over. We are working on finally e-delivery and being able to get our customers what they want, when they want it. So I think it's a huge task and it's much more complicated than you think it would be, but we're getting there. MARK: Very good. Very good. That's pretty much what we wanted to share. Do you have any closing comments? Exciting things to look forward in 2018? What's on your radar? SARA: Wow. So, 2018 right now is ... I'm really watching our rate implementation and execution and making sure that we're doing that in the right way. I think that going into new states is super exciting. How do we build traction? What does that look like? What are we going to learn? Cause you know we're going to learn a lot. We just don't know what it is at the point right now. MARK: And I'm looking forward myself in terms of one of the guys getting on the airplane so we can go to a few new places. Get a few more miles but- SARA: Right, right, right. MARK: To meet some new folks out in these new states. Doing some lecturing and what not. They are exciting times. Well, Sara, thank you very much. It's been a pleasure. To all of you listening, I hope you found something of value today and I encourage you, if you have any interest in learning more about what is happening here at ALPS, to visit alpsnet.com. There is a link to the annual report interactive and there's some great information there. In addition, if any of you have any questions or topics that you would like to see addressed in the future ... Or even speakers you'd like to hear on the podcast, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at mbass@alpsnet.com. Thanks for listening. Bye-bye.